The Boat by Amy C. Bonnaffons Jackie sinks the boat. She had not wanted to go. "Use two hooks," says her adoptive father, Arnold. "One through the head, one through the body. The...
06/08
Baby Birds in Boxes by Parker Dorris Start with the pots. The pots won't break. They're a good warm-up. Get as many boxes as you need and never force anything inside. If it doesn't fit ...
06/08
What They Did To Her by Merle Drown She refused to tell her husband what they'd done to her, though he asked three times. First Rob said, "Not telling is worse because imagination creates...
06/08
Isle of Bones – Part Two by Steve Finbow Cuerpo is a two-dog town and both of the curs have rabies. Edward Brady sits at the bar drinking tequila with sour beer chasers. La Pesadilla is the only tavern in town that w...
06/08
Like King Kong by Cora C. Pyles That sunset kills me. Spreading the Pacific, the pumpkin glow crowned in cadmium, burnt red to blue; the seduction of eternity; a lull over the ocean. Oh happy boardwalk! Bodi...
Habit by Lindsay Anderberg When I was young-- four or five-- my aunts told me that if I didn't hold my breath when we drove by a graveyard I would breathe in someone else's spirit. Some graveyards stre...
06/08
Nick's Beer by Joshua Ben-Noah Carlson This is what Nick does with beer. You're watching football with him, or a video if it's Saturday—last night it was a video—and he goes out to his truck to get his...
06/08
Next of Kin by Dan Moreau The Miller Funeral Home had been recommended by a nurse who worked the overnight shift at the hospital. "Friendly and respectful service at affordable rates," its brochure rea...
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Lenny and Earl Go Shooting Off Their Mouths by Ray Morrison Lenny leaned against the Volkswagen's window to catch a glimpse of the full moon. It hung high off the left side of the pocked gravel road, so brilliant in the hot, clear sky...
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Jack by Jesse Murphree When Josie hears the words Black Jack she thinks of Black Jack Bouvier, Jaqueline Kennedy's drunken, dark skinned father. She's been reading about the Kennedy family all summ...
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Back of the Band by Alex Myers By seventh grade, my mother should have known not to expect me to be feminine. But she still bought me skirts, laying them out on my bed in hopes of enticing me to wear them....
An interview with David F. Hoenigman by Kenji Siratori David F. Hoenigman first novel Burn Your Belongings. has just been released by Six Gallery Press. Hoenigman is originally from Cleveland but has lived in Tokyo since 1998. Hea...
Good Scars by Rheana Murray The truth was that my little sister was dead. My tattoo artist's name was Aaron, and his voice and eyes were kind, even though skulls were painted on h...
06/08
The Dream-Swallowed City by Matt Rager A people once built a building to honor their past. They looked at their sons and daughters and saw in the shadows of their eyes the futures of the sons of their sons and th...
Three Poems by Mila Arz Pretty BoyHe does his eyebrows and waxes this and thathis chest, however, is naturally hairlessand so he makes fun of men who shave their chests.He beats up homosexuals in his...
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Two Poems by Stewart Bourn againWhat do you mean - do I have to drink? What sort of question is that to askafter all these years. I'm puzzled by your staring, that's why we fight, I said, isn't it obvi...
Two Poems by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal AFFLICTED400 evil spiritshave afflicted me.They won't let me eat. At church when I read from myBible devils cameinside to destroy my life. My guts hurt when Itake a drink or ...
from Otis Henry by Nick Demske When telemarketers call Otis Henry, his caller ID registers it as MCI or Emperion Inc and since he loves a captive audience he answers the phone and they say "Hello Sir I'm Je...
LIKE SURFING OR SOMETHING by Cheryl Hicks we danced for a while, then sat down and talkedthat was five years agotalking can make me uncomfortablesome men don't really like to talkthey just pretendit just depends on th...
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petar by Justin Hyde joostenyou teach meamerican women?he asked introducing himselfafter the third dayof an acting classat the university of iowa. he'd mistaken myprolix gregariousness(due to amph...
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Two Poems by Patrick Ryan Dunn Sullivan Au matin se rende compteCold passion wanes to warm farewell,As tend'rest quakes wax waves to swell;From skins awash the typhoon rains,As tend'rest moonlit skin glow feigns;The...
06/08
What Is Statistically Proven To Work by Nathan Thorell I used to think... know that I wasn't popular;not one of the cool kids.I did what I could to change,to become somebody likeable.I threw a party in my parents' house,but that d...
06/08
Pretentious Dialogue by Ami Vaughn I am pretentious.I like it when my rabbit fur sweatergives me eczemaand places delicate fur in my corneaso that I can say,with ingénue watering eyes,to my argyle date,"Can you...
06/08
Too High by Steve Young It seems half of my daily breaths are taken through some kind of pipeI make it to the job everyday, almostBut this is part of the problemSteel and tools smash at my handsSomet...
No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July 16 Stories, Canongate Review by Melissa MannWhen you finish reading Miranda July's excellent collection of stories, you may find yourself wanting to wear the book. You might ...
06/08
Harmonic by Stephen Oliver Carindale Queensland: Interactive publications, 2008120 pp RRP: AU 24.95 ISBN 9781876819743Reviewed by Nicholas ReidStephen Oliver's new book, Harmonic, is a tour de force, an...
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Angelflies in My Idiotsoup by Christopher Robin Platonic 3 Way PressPost Office Box 844Warsaw, IN 46581Price: $527 Pages/ 18 PoemsReview By: Charles P. RiesI don't read many poets whose world I enjoy entering more than Chri...
Our Flammable Arrangements by Adam Cogbill /1\ This room is full of a girl's toys: dolls dressed in dresses with accessories for yarn hair, faux makeup kit, a multitude of stuffed animals. Finge...
